May 6th, 1078

Born on May 6th, 1078

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 345,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 425 days, exactly on August 29th, 2025, people who were born on May 6th, 1078 will be 346,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 6th?

May 6th, 2013

Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other women for ten years.

May 6th, 2008

British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London.

May 6th, 1991

Time magazine published the article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" by Richard Behar criticizing the Church of Scientology, leading to years of legal conflict.

May 6th, 1988

Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on board.

May 6th, 1954

At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English runner Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

May 6th, 1941

American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involvement with them.

May 6th, 1937

The German airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during an attempt to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36 people.

May 6th, 1915

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew.

May 6th, 1882

U.S. president Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law (cartoon pictured), implementing a ban on Chinese immigration to the United States that remained for 61 years.

May 6th, 1801

French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by the outmanned and outgunned HMS Speedy.

May 6th, 1782

Construction began on the Grand Palace (pictured) in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand.

May 6th, 1757

English poet Christopher Smart was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

May 6th, 1536

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco against a garrison of Spanish conquistadors and Indian auxiliaries led by Hernando Pizarro.

May 6th, 2023

The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.

May 6th, 1910

George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 6th?

59

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

35

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

44

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

79

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

71

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

63

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

20

Rayhan Fadillah

Badminton player

*May 6th, 2004, Tanah Bumbu

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

36

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)

*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

72

Christian Clavier

French actor and screenwriter

*May 6th, 1952, 15th arrondissement of Paris

73

Harry Martinson

Swedish writer

*May 6th, 1904, Blekinge †February 11th, 1978, Stockholm

41

Daniel Alves

Former Brazilian Football Federation player

*May 6th, 1983, Juazeiro

64

Anne Parillaud

French actress

*May 6th, 1960, 12th arrondissement of Paris

37

Andreas Hindelang

German footballer

*May 6th, 1987, Oberstdorf

32

Jonas Valančiūnas

Lithuanian professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1992, Utena

62

Skanderbeg

Albanian noble and military commander (1405–1468)

*May 6th, 1405, Sinë †January 17th, 1468, Lezhë

53

Marcellus II

Pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555

*May 6th, 1501, Montefano †May 1st, 1555, Rome

64

Martina Jäschke

East German diver

*May 6th, 1960, Merseburg

62

Mario Kummer

East German racing cyclist and team manager

*May 6th, 1962, Suhl

54

Manuel Baldizón

Guatemalan politician, lawyer

*May 6th, 1970, Flores

56

Lætitia Sadier

French singer

*May 6th, 1968, Vincennes

43

Tara Stiles

American yoga teacher

*May 6th, 1981, Morris

67

Vito Taccone

Italian racing cyclist

*May 6th, 1940, Avezzano †October 15th, 2007, Avezzano

47

Eric Powell

British rower and artist (1886-1933)

*May 6th, 1886, Edmonton †August 17th, 1933, Piz Roseg

82

Ariel Dorfman

Chilean writer

*May 6th, 1942, Buenos Aires

70

Marie-Aude Murail

French writer

*May 6th, 1954, Le Havre

53

Geneva Carr

American actress

*May 6th, 1971, Jackson

39

Chris Paul

American professional basketball player

*May 6th, 1985, Winston-Salem

91

Márton Szipál

Hungarian photographer (1924-2016)

*May 6th, 1924, Szolnok †April 26th, 2016, Budapest

38

Roman Kreuziger

Road bicycle racer, born 1986

*May 6th, 1986, Moravská Třebová

37

Moon Geun-young

South Korean actress

*May 6th, 1987, Gwangju

30

Mateo Kovačić

Croatian association football player

*May 6th, 1994, Linz

31

Rudolph Valentino

Italian actor (1895–1926)

*May 6th, 1895, Castellaneta †August 23rd, 1926, New York City

53

Till Brönner

German jazz musician

*May 6th, 1971, Viersen

44

Tore Kullgren

Swedish association football player

*May 6th, 1980, Lidingö Municipality

58

André Masséna

French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1758-1817)

*May 6th, 1758, Nice †April 4th, 1817, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1078 is a normal year and no leap year.

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